<quoted text>Dan the Man Chambersburg: Something tells me you're a nice person with good intentions, but sadly you've succumbed to the false propaganda of the LGBT movement. My advice is: think critically for yourself, and let no one persuade you that the sky is purple when it's clearly blue in color.

I am a nice person with good intentions. Thanks for noticing.

I am also intelligent with good critical thinking and reasoning skills and can form accurate, reliable opinions based on the facts and reality. I have LGBT friends (do you?) who tell me about their life experiences, hopes and dreams, as well as the bigotry and injustice they experience. You can trust that my opinions on this issue are intelligently formed, rational, and based on an accurate perception of reality. Your assumption that they are not is insulting and rude.

Religious leaders push for ObamaCare contraception mandate exemptionsJuly 03, 2013Leaders of religious groups representing more than 100 million Americans said Tuesday that religious institutions and business owners should not be forced to provide contraceptive coverage that violates their conscience.In an open letter unveiled at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, the coalition of groups urges the Department of Health and Human Services to exempt "any organization or individual that has religious or moral objections" to the so-called contraception mandate in ObamaCare.The letter is signed by leaders of the Roman Catholic church, the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Association of Evangelicals, the Assemblies of God and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, among others.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/03/re...

The ACA requires insurance companies to provide contraception without deductibles or co-pays. There is no requirement for employers to pay for it - the burden is on the insurance companies.

And since when does anybody but Catholics object to contraception? Baptists, Evangelicals, Lutherans, all of them use birth control.

Obama missed out on Arab SpringThe 2011 Arab uprisings presented the United States with a historic opportunity to take a clear stand on the side of freedom and democracy and strengthen its own standing in the process. Incredibly, the Obama administration has blundered and stumbled, with a response marked by timidity and caution.As a result, America appears weaker, less influential and less trusted, while the Arab Middle East continues to seethe with instability and violence.Today, as the Egyptian state shudders, with millions taking to the streets infuriated with a government that is taking the country down a path they do not trust, and as Syrians continue to slaughter each other, with death toll approaching 100,000, there is no side in the conflicts that feels warmly toward America.http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/opinion/ghi...

Obama's stand was clear enough to those who were listening and who had reasonable expectations.

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International reactions to the Arab Spring

United States  On 19 May [2011], President Barack Obama gave a foreign policy speech in regards to the Arab Spring. He contrasted the ideology of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, recently killed by US Navy SEALS, with that of pro-democracy protesters in the Middle East and North Africa, saying: "By the time we found bin Laden, al Qaedas agenda had come to be seen by the vast majority of the region as a dead end, and the people of the Middle East and North Africa had taken their future into their own hands."

Obama praised the demonstrators, comparing their efforts to bring about reform to the actions of the Boston Tea Party and Rosa Parks in American history. He criticized socioeconomic stratification in the Middle East, saying, "The nations of the Middle East and North Africa won their independence long ago, but in too many places their people did not. In too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of the few." He added that "through the moral force of non-violence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades.

Obama also pledged to continue U.S. security policy in the region, but said he would also emphasize the opposition of the United States to violent and repressive governmental responses to the Arab Spring and its support for human rights and democratic reforms, claiming, "Our support for these principles is not a secondary interest...[It] will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to democracy.

Obama missed out on Arab SpringThe 2011 Arab uprisings presented the United States with a historic opportunity to take a clear stand on the side of freedom and democracy and strengthen its own standing in the process. Incredibly, the Obama administration has blundered and stumbled, with a response marked by timidity and caution.As a result, America appears weaker, less influential and less trusted, while the Arab Middle East continues to seethe with instability and violence.Today, as the Egyptian state shudders, with millions taking to the streets infuriated with a government that is taking the country down a path they do not trust, and as Syrians continue to slaughter each other, with death toll approaching 100,000, there is no side in the conflicts that feels warmly toward America.http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/opinion/ghi...

Any Republicans ahead of Obama on this? Any Republicans doing what your critic of the President wanted?

Hardly. The consensus from the right was that the Arab Spring was a very bad thing and that Obama was weak for not intervening militarily to stop it.

<quoted text><quoted text>15 Photos From the Tahrir Square Protests You'll Never See In Legacy Media.Curiously, a massive wave of anti-Obama sentiment in Egypt has been utterly ignored by vintage media, even though the protests may be the largest in all of human history.http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/07/15-p...

Obama supported democracy in Egypt without taking sides.

In their first democratic election, Egyptians elected the Muslim Brotherhood.

Somehow that's Obama's fault. I guess because if he had told them not to elect the Muslim Brotherhood, they would have complied and chosen a better party.

LOL! Logical reasoning and critical thinking really aren't very popular on the right these days, are they?

I love it when these dumb tea baggers post links to other dumb tea bagger blogs but think it's news. Hilarious. It's the epitome of reasons why Fox is their only station. They'll believe anything if it's comprised of short, scary sentences. OBAMA IS A MUSLIM!!! THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE OUR GUNS!!! BENGHAZI!!! It's the only language they understand.

How Many Friends Does the State Department Really Have?A new State Department inspector generals report accuses State of buying friendsor, more precisely, boosting its likes on Facebook to up to 2 millionby spending taxpayer dollars on Internet advertising to the tune of $630,000.This is definitely not your fathers State Department at work.Apparently having trouble driving traffic to its websites, in 2011, State undertook a major campaign to boost its numbers, including buying sponsored ads to increase its English-language Facebook page likes from 100,000 to more than 2 million and to 450,000 on Facebooks foreign-language pages.http://blog.heritage.org/2013/07/03/how-many-...

*yawn*

I guess this what has to pass for "scandal" now that all the other wingnut controversies have been thoroughly debunked.

U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law EnforcementPublished: July 3, 2013Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home.Show all mail to supv supervisor for copying prior to going out on the street, read the card. It included Mr. Pickerings name, address and the type of mail that needed to be monitored. The word confidential was highlighted in green....Mr. Pickering was targeted by a longtime surveillance system called mail covers, but that is only a forerunner of a vastly more expansive effort, the Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program, in which Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States  about 160 billion pieces last year. It is not known how long the government saves the images.Together, the two programs show that snail mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency has given to telephone calls and e-mail.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitori...

"Mail Isolation Control and Tracking (MICT) is a formerly secret mass surveillance program run by the United States Postal Service in which Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States.[1] It enables the Postal Service to retroactively track mail correspondence at the request of law enforcement. It was created in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people, including two postal workers."

So this 12 year old program is Obama's fault ... how?

If you want to claim that these sorts of Bush-era programs will somehow taint Obama's legacy, you need to be able to make at least SOME connection to the current President.

<quoted text>*yawn*I guess this what has to pass for "scandal" now that all the other wingnut controversies have been thoroughly debunked.LOL! Keep tryng lil fella. Someday you might find something real.

!LOL

Obama scandals are SO increasingly prevalent that mere impropriety provokes a *yawn*.

How easily you accept Obama's executive incompetence as normal and acceptable.

<quoted text><quoted text>15 Photos From the Tahrir Square Protests You'll Never See In Legacy Media.Curiously, a massive wave of anti-Obama sentiment in Egypt has been utterly ignored by vintage media, even though the protests may be the largest in all of human history.http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/07/15-p...

It's really a shame when people from other countries can see that Obama is a worthless POS out for his own personal gain. But, the real shame is some of our own people are so stupid not to see what this POS really is. It must have something to do brain damage at birth or the free ride they are enjoying at taxpayers expense.

<quoted text>I am a nice person with good intentions. Thanks for noticing.I am also intelligent with good critical thinking and reasoning skills and can form accurate, reliable opinions based on the facts and reality. I have LGBT friends (do you?) who tell me about their life experiences, hopes and dreams, as well as the bigotry and injustice they experience. You can trust that my opinions on this issue are intelligently formed, rational, and based on an accurate perception of reality. Your assumption that they are not is insulting and rude.

<quoted text>Obama supported democracy in Egypt without taking sides.In their first democratic election, Egyptians elected the Muslim Brotherhood.Somehow that's Obama's fault. I guess because if he had told them not to elect the Muslim Brotherhood, they would have complied and chosen a better party.LOL! Logical reasoning and critical thinking really aren't very popular on the right these days, are they?LMAO!

Logical reasoning? One side wants democracy and the other side don't and you think Obama didn't take sides? Actions speak louder than words Danny, apparently you have no idea what Obama's actions were and still are.

<quoted text>Logical reasoning? One side wants democracy and the other side don't and you think Obama didn't take sides? Actions speak louder than words Danny, apparently you have no idea what Obama's actions were and still are.

Racial hating rogers, when to gay guys marry do you feel each and every deep thrust? I do not, and never will. You play victim really well, now go to church and prey on it. President Obama don't need your worthless tired tea bag vote to win any election and that is more factual then any fixed blues network, dumb ass get a grip and squeeze it tight. America will give you something to cry over come 2014 elections, count on that

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